Ewell Wendy Noteboom

Wendy drowned while vacationing in Mexico. She earned a degree in medical illustration at Iowa State University and later studied at the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan. She exhibited her paintings throughout New York, Tucson, and Michigan, receiving numerous awards and honors. She loved the native grass, the reflection of the sun; the changing color of sunsets, the beauty of a flower, and rainbows within a bubble. She captured that in her art. Her paintings can be enjoyed at: www.wendyewell.com. Her spirit will be within us forever–we will remember her in the spring with the first brave crocus; in the summer, when the sun shines on the rose petals; in the autumn when the trees are ablaze in color; and in the winter while watching a blizzard whirling snow.

Lifes Dancer

By Wendy’s sister Erin Ann Noteboom (Bow)

The wind Is a dancer Whistling through the trees She hums A song of life unchanging You cannot imprison the wind She dances with the Spirit of life Eternal You are lifes dancer, wind Taught by the spirit That belongs To the grass and trees And the living growing things You are lifes dancer, wind. Dancing with spirit That exists Eternal Without the confines Of time And change You are lifes dancer, wind Helped by the spirit To escape the invincible Trap Of time And space And change. You are lifes dancer, wind Teach me to dance